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  • NY State Implements Ban on Fossil Fuels in New Buildings

    NY State Implements Ban on Fossil Fuels in New Buildings

    On May 2, the New York Senate and Assembly passed the state budget, which contains a provision banning gas cooking stoves and furnaces as well as propane heating in most new residential buildings. New York City passed a similar ban on natural g...
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  • Weatherization Is Key to Effective, Low-Cost Building Electrification

    Weatherization Is Key to Effective, Low-Cost Building Electrification

    Billions of dollars in Inflation Reduction Act rebates are set to become available beginning this year to help households improve their energy efficiency and electrify. As state energy offices prepare their programs to disperse the funds, they ...
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  • Growth in global oil demand is set to slow significantly by 2028

    Growth in global oil demand is set to slow significantly by 2028

    Growth in the world’s demand for oil is set to slow almost to a halt in the coming years, with the high prices and security of supply concerns highlighted by the global energy crisis hastening the shift towards cleaner energy technologies, acco...
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  • Five Questions with Air Quality Expert Jon Dougla

    Five Questions with Air Quality Expert Jon Dougla

    With smoke from wildfires in the news, impacting large portions of North America, we sat down with Jon Douglas, the air quality expert, for advice everyone can use to protect indoor air quality when outdoor condition...
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  • BESA boosts for IAQ training to mark clean air day

    BESA boosts for IAQ training to mark clean air day

    The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) is marking this year’s National Clean Air Day (CAD) by launching a major new approach to indoor air quality (IAQ) training. The theme of this year’s CAD #CleanAirDay on June 15th is ‘Clean up...
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  • Renewable power will shatter more records

    Renewable power will shatter more records

    Global additions of renewable power capacity are expected to jump by a third this year as growing policy momentum, higher fossil fuel prices and energy security concerns drive strong deployment of solar PV and wind p...
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  • IOR focuses on“NextGenCooling”

    IOR focuses on“NextGenCooling”

    World Refrigeration Day has announced the theme of “Next Generation Cooling: The Future is in our hands” for this year's celebrations on 26th June. World Refrigeration Day celebrates the people and technologies responsible for creating and main...
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  • Mainstream AC Brands Expected to Raise Prices

    Mainstream AC Brands Expected to Raise Prices

    The expectation of global inflation is rising, impeding development of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry. First of all, the sharply increased copper price is not friendly to air condition...
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  • Holtop received authoritative recognition again

    Holtop received authoritative recognition again

    The six Chinese authoritative departments jointly released the list of "2022 First Batch (Total 17th Batch) Beijing New Technology New Products (Services)". Holtop's self-dependent three-dimensional heat pipe heat exchanger was certified as a n...
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  • U.S. Poised to Embrace Heat Pump Heating on a Large Scale

    U.S. Poised to Embrace Heat Pump Heating on a Large Scale

    The United States has mainly used gas-and oil-fired equipment for space heating and hot water supply for many years, but it is now making a decisive shift to electric heat pump heating and hot water supply, to counteract soaring en...
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  • Comprehensive PFAS ban would have devastating effect

    Comprehensive PFAS ban would have devastating effect

    The EU's planned ban on the entire PFAS group of substances would endanger many industrial processes - especially the technologies of the energy transition. Many entrepreneurs from the mechanical and plant engineerin...
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  • A Deep Dive into ‘Fit for 55’

    A Deep Dive into ‘Fit for 55’

    Launched in 2021 by the European Commission as part of the European Green Deal, the ‘Fit for 55’ package aims to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030 in comparison with 1990 levels. The ultimate goal is to reach car...
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